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The peculiar tribunal for the proceedings of cases nether the Tamil Nadu Protection of Interests of Depositors (TNPID) Act successful Coimbatore connected Wednesday sentenced a couple, who ran a existent property firm, to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment for cheating 103 investors of ₹1.35 crore.
Special Judge M.N. Senthil Kumar awarded the punishment to S. Balu alias Paul Mathew, who resided astatine Kumaran Street astatine Varadharajapuram Medu adjacent Singanallur successful Coimbatore, and his woman Sherlin Sheeba.
As per the charges-sheet filed by the Economic Offences Wing-II (EOW), Balu and Sheeba ran existent property steadfast Chola Promoters connected Kothari Mill Lane astatine Singanallur. The institution advertised done tv and newspapers that location sites were disposable for merchantability successful a tract called Ganapathy Garden B artifact astatine Edayarpalayam adjacent Pappampatti, for which an beforehand of ₹25,000 and a monthly instalment of ₹5,000 had to beryllium paid per site.
After seeing the advertisement, B. Senthil Kumar of Kavundampalayam paid ₹2,97,500 for 2 sites. The sites were not registered successful the sanction of Kumar though helium had paid the full amount. He lodged a ailment with the City Crime Branch (CCB) successful August 2016 aft the bureau of the existent property steadfast was recovered unopen and the promoters missing. The alleged cheating took spot from July 2013 to February 2016 and CCB registered a lawsuit against the steadfast and the couple, which was transferred to EOW-II successful February 2017.
The tribunal recovered the accused blameworthy of offences nether Sections 120B, 420 and 5 of TNPID Act aft the trial. Special Public Prosecutor C. Kannan said too the imprisonment, the tribunal levied a good of ₹1,39,22,000, which the mates has to administer to the affected investors.
